Asset and liability management (ALM)
Life and pensions ALM system of the year: Conning
The long-term investment nature of the life insurance and pensions industries requires consistent and trusted risk management. Conning proved to be a standout vendor in this space and secured the Life and pensions ALM system of the year award at the Risk…
Banks cry foul over shock decision from Basel Committee
Asset and liability management professionals question severity of criteria in revised IRRBB tests
Shocks to the system: how Basel IRRBB update affects new EU test
Disclosures suggest more banks will be classified as outliers on net interest income assessment
One year on, regulators still want a cure for bank runs
Broad support for higher outflow assumptions on uninsured deposits, but that won’t save insolvent banks
Republic First’s securities portfolio lost over $400m in 2024
Fair-value losses on non-agency RMBS holdings accelerated as rate cut expectations dimmed
US banks’ non-core funding dependence ratio jumped in 2023
BHCs’ aggregate figure almost doubled to post-pandemic high last year
US banks’ IRRBB transparency: one step forward, two steps back
A year on from the 2023 crisis, more lenders monitor EVE sensitivity, but full Basel-like disclosures remain the exception
Basel’s cherry-picking toughens IRRBB shock scenarios
European banks want higher outlier thresholds to offset higher confidence level in new standard
UBS to lose group banking book risk manager
Senior risk manager of Swiss banks’ combined banking books to leave for new opportunities
Commerzbank’s rate-shock loss sensitivity rises 33%
Bank’s liabilities modelled to reprice faster than assets in a 200bp parallel hike scenario
Filling the gaps in Basel’s interest rate risk measures
Reverse stress-testing or VAR may work better than existing outlier tests, but are hard to manage
Europe’s lenders sail into uncharted waters of the banking book
Regulators are pushing banks to map their credit spread risk. Here be dragons?
ECB mulls intervention on uneven banking book reporting
Inconsistency among EU banks on whether deposits and loans are in scope for credit spread risk
How small and medium-sized banks can enhance deposits modelling frameworks
Recent events have called into question the reliability of deposits as a primary source of funding for small and medium-sized banks. Stickiness of deposits that generations of bankers had counted on suddenly seem ephemeral
ALM banking after the crisis: stress-testing for more robust liquidity management practices
A panel of industry experts discusses a new age of depositor behaviour and the expected evolution of regulations in the wake of the ALM banking crisis. They share insights on achieving integrated approaches to ALM, as well as dynamic hedging strategies…
ALM technology systems 2023: market update and vendor landscape
Chartis' 2023 ALM research report returns to the key themes highlighted in the 2021 report. This update re-evaluates the complex ALM framework, which broadly comprises distinct segments that include funds transfer pricing, liquidity risk management and…
Risk Technology Awards 2023: Bank runs become sprints
The abrupt collapse of SVB is changing what banks want from ALM software
Regulators’ remorse: SVB and the case for IRRBB capital charges
Basel Committee chair among those who say Pillar 1 capital requirement could have helped control SVB risks
Basel’s IRRBB shock scenario update hit by US crisis
Recalibration of shocks had been touted for Q3, but wider rethink may now cause delay
Dutch pensions have extra year to restructure hedges
January 2028 implementation date allows more time for long-dated swaps to roll off
After SVB downfall, EBA stress test seeks out unrealised losses
European regulator asks for data on the fair value and sensitivity of bonds and their hedges